President Bush may be opposed to the stem cell bill presently before the Senate, but former first-lady Nancy Reagan isn't.
In fact, Mrs. Reagan is poised to take on the Senate's embryonic stem cell debate in much the same way she did it in during fight in the House, by calling up wavering lawmakers to help win passage of legislation in the shadow of President Bush's veto threat.
The former first layd is intent on getting federal funding for research that could lead to cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.
1. We've set up a form to send Mrs. Reagan a thank you letter. If anyone wants to do this, please visit www.stempac.com. We will compile and deliver the letters to Mrs. Reagan.
Posted at 11:55PM on Jun 19th 2005 by John Hlinko